New Zealand Plants

DSC_5679 Kauri (Agathis australis) epiphytes in the canopy of Tane Mahuta, the largest kauri still standing in Waipoua forest, a remnant of the ancient subtropical rainforest that once grew on the North Auckland Peninsula. Standing a little over 50m tall, and estimated to be between anywhere between 1,250 and 2,500 years old, Tane Mahuta (father of the forest) was first identified by europeans in the 1920s when contractors surveyed the present State Highway 12 route through the forest. Waipoua Forest, Northland *